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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the sitcom Derry Girls, talking about the relationship between time and retro-time (“Retro time, Data, retro time!”), between the ex post facto view of history and the experience of living through it, and the difference or relationship between comedy, tragedy, and historical events.

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Further Reading

• Derry Girls on Netflix
• The Troubles on Wikipedia
• “Seinfeld – The Twin Towers Script”
• Blackadder on Wikipedia
• Hogan’s Heroes on Wikipedia
• F-Troop on Wikipedia
• “Why Women Aren’t Funny” by Christopher Hitchens